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Home video is a blanket term used for pre-recorded media that is either sold or hired for home entertainment. The term originates from the VHS/Betamax era but has carried over into the DVD/Blu-Ray age. ---- Betamax is a home Videocassette tape recording format developed by Sony, and released on May 10, 1975. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is

The home video business distributes films, telemovies and television series in the form of videos in various formats to the public. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images These are either bought or rented, then watched privately from the comfort of home by consumers. Most theatrically released films are now released on DVD-Video, replacing the largely obsolete VHS (Video Home System) medium. The VCD format remains popular in Asia, though DVDs are gradually gaining popularity. Prior to the advent of home video in the late 1970s, most feature films were inaccessible after their theatrical runs, only viewable in re-releases and television broadcasts. Home video release usually follows five or six months after the theatrical release, although recently more films have been arriving on video after three or four months. A time period is often allowed to elapse between the end of theatrical release and the DVD/VHS release, as an effort to discourage piracy, or at least minimize the effect of piracy on the profitability of the theatrical release. 'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by Copyright law in a manner that violates

Many TV programs are now also available in complete seasons on DVD. It has become popular practice for defunct TV shows to be released to DVD one season a time every few months, and active shows to be released on DVD after the end of each season. Prior to the television DVDs, most television shows were only viewable in syndication, or on limited 'best of' VHS releases of selected episodes. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through These copyrighted movies and programs generally have legal restrictions on them preventing them from (amongst other things) being shown in public venues, shown to other people for money, or copied for other than fair use purposes (although such ability is limited by some jurisdictionas and media formats: see below). Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders such as use for

There is great controversy about recent attempts to increase protections for rights owners using technical means such as Macrovision and CSS, and by the enactment of laws such as the DMCA, potentially hindering otherwise-lawful "fair-use" rights. Macrovision Corporation is a globally-operating US-based company that develops and markets licensing, Access control, and secure distribution technologies Content Scramble System ( CSS) is a Digital Rights Management (DRM scheme used on almost all commercially produced DVD -Video discs The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA is a United States Copyright Law which implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property

Major United States players in the home video business include Blockbuster Video and Netflix. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Blockbuster Inc ( is the largest chain of DVD and Video game rental stores in the world Netflix ( is the largest Online DVD rental service offering Flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States

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List of notable home video companies

The following companies are some of the notable organizations involved the business of producing and marketing pre-recorded cassettes and discs of various formats.

Viacom

News Corporation

Lions Gate

Time Warner

The Walt Disney Company

Sony

NBC Universal

Heron Communications

The Weinstein Company

Others

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Pre-Certs

After the passage of the Video Recordings (Labelling) Act of 1985 in the United Kingdom, videotapes and other video recordings without a certification symbol from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) on their covers - or on the tapes themselves - were no longer allowed to be sold or displayed by rental shops. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Guild Home Video (GHV was one of the very first video distribution companies to start operating in the UK but unlike other independent labels such as Intervision or Videoform Strand Home Video was a company specializing in Direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment Strand Home Video was a company specializing in Direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment CIC Video (pronounced "kick" though many spelled out its letters was a Home video distributor owned by Cinema International Corporation (the forerunner The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD These tapes are called "Pre-Certs" (e. g, Pre-certification tapes). Recently these tapes have generated a cult following, due to their collectability. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice

See also

This page indexes the individual year in Home video pages Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS A GENERAL ARTICLE ABOUT VCRs/VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for A rental shop is a business that allows a Consumer to temporarily obtain a reusable good or Product for a specified period of time in exchange for payment Home cinema, also called home theater, are entertainment systems that seek to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in a private home
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